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昨天 Pronunciation and Pinyin

昨天 Usage and Examples

The day before today.

The characters in 昨天

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
昨
zuó9yesterday or the past
天
tiān4sky, heaven, day, nature

More words starting with 昨

  • zuó昨ér儿gè个yesterday
  • zuó昨yè夜last night
  • zuó昨tiān天xià下wǔ午yesterday afternoon
  • zuó昨tiān天bàng傍wǎn晚yesterday evening, last night
  • zuó昨tiān天yè夜lǐ里last night
  • zuó昨tiān天wǎn晚shang上last night, yesterday evening
  • zuó昨tiān天de的yesterday's
  • zuó昨rì日yesterday
  • zuó昨rì日de的yesterday's, of yesterday
  • zuó昨wǎn晚last night
  • zuó昨wǎn晚de的of last night, last night's
  • zuó昨wǎn晚de的yuè乐duì队biáo表yǎn演last night's band performance, the band show last night

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Questions about 昨天

What does 昨天 mean in Chinese?

昨天 (zuó tiān) means “the day before today”.

How do you pronounce 昨天?

昨天 is pronounced zuó tiān in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “The day before today.” in Chinese?

“The day before today.” is 昨天 (zuó tiān) in Chinese.

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